Autumn 2003

Headlines: E-LAW in the News, Autumn 2003

Defending Human Rights in Latin America; Advocates Challenge Illegal Logging in PNG; Struggle to Phase Out Leaded Gas in South Africa; Ugandan Advocates Seek Ban on Dangerous Plastics; Liberians Seek Ban on Natural Resources Trade; Climate Justice; Chilea

Defending Human Rights in Latin America

September 15, 2003 -- Telenoticias Channel 7 (Costa Rica) reports that 20 leading grassroots attorneys from 11 Latin American countries met in San Jose to learn about the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and how to use this regional court to defend the environmental rights of disadvantaged communities. The five-day workshop was hosted by E-LAW U.S.

Environmental Justice in Latin America

When an indigenous community on Nicaragua’s Atlantic coast won a landmark decision protecting their rights to communal lands, E-LAW advocates around the world were exhilarated. Now, E-LAW U.S. is helping advocates throughout Latin America learn the lesso

Environmental advocates at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Travel Notes: Argentina, Eastern Europe, Colombia

Access to Clean Water in Argentina; Training Judges in Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia; Training Indigenous Leaders in Colombia.

Access to Clean Water in Argentina

Trip Report
Meche Lu
Cordoba, Argentina

Travel Notes: A New Generation of Environmental Advocates in South Asia

In June, Sri Lanka’s Environmental Foundation Ltd. and the Public Interest Law Foundation captured the hearts and minds of 14 young South Asian lawyers at a training workshop in the ancient city of Anuradhapura. Two of South Asia’s most experienced public

Sri Lanka Training Workshop

South Asian public interest environmental lawyers at ruins

Inside E-LAW: Wiwiek Awiati, Welcome Meche, Volunteers Making a Difference

Protecting the Environment Through Law in Indonesia; Welcome Meche!; Volunteers Making a Difference.

Protecting the Environment Through Law in Indonesia

Wiwiek Awiati, Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL)

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